mounting pressure

collocation in English

meaningsofmountingandpressure

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mounting
adjective
uk
/ˈmaʊn.tɪŋ/us
/ˈmaʊn.t̬ɪŋ/
gradually ...
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pressure
noun
uk
/ˈpreʃ.ər/us
/ˈpreʃ.ɚ/
the force you produce when you ...
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(Definition ofmountingandpressurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Fragmentation has often persisted in spite ofmountingpressure.
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In recent terminology, the persistence of fragmentation againstmountingpressurecan be identified as resilience.
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Mountingpressurefor what purpose?
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It is not necessarilymountingpressure.
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There is once againmountingpressureon our prison accommodation.
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However, there ismountingpressureon industrial space.
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It is rather the physical and social environment which is under immense andmountingpressurefrom the teeming multitude of men.
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The overall impression is thus one of external advice, interference andmountingpressurerather than a simple transfer of powers to the centre.
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We have seenmountingpressureupon the services provided for people.
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Surely, there would be immense andmountingpressureto phase out cane in those circumstances.
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Officials who are unable to help people in great need are being placed undermountingpressure.
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With heightened popularity camemountingpressure.
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One can see themountingpressureof increased prices of imports, which will end in increased retail prices.
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Would not such advertisement bringmountingpressurefrom the public on firms to do the right thing?
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Local authorities, as has been said before, will come undermountingpressureto satisfy the wishes of parents.
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There was alsomountingpressurefor the fixing of the sterling parity at the earliest possible date.
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When that escape route—for that is what it is—is not open, there ismountingpressureto broaden the application of the existing defences.
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Themountingpressure, as the course nears its end, gets to everyone.
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Even so, withmountingpressure, he has no choice but to declare her retconned.
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The government invoked illegal distillation, butmountingpressureforced it to backtrack.
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Undermountingpressurefrom city leaders, the police work around the clock.
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There are approximately 1,000 persons in residential homes in my area andmountingpressurefor more admissions, largely due to inadequate housing, family problems and family circumstances.
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Secondly, because this has been going on so long, because people have been taking longer to pay their bills, there has beenmountingpressurethroughout the year.
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